Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Qwen3.6 35B-A3B

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.6 35B-A3B costs 2.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B Alibaba (Qwen)

37.6

Rank #201 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 28.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 94% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 41.6% for Qwen3.6 35B-A3B.
  • Qwen3.6 35B-A3B is cheaper at $0.25 / $1.49 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.7 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.6 35B-A3B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index59.837.6
Released2026-08-132026-04-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$1.49
Results tracked4414

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 37.2 (#196)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.6 35B-A3B
SciCode59.8%35.8%
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
LMArena WebDev1592—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
WeirdML—34.5%
LMArena Coding1497—
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 22.1 (#134)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.6 35B-A3B
Terminal-Bench—23%
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 28.0 (#109)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.6 35B-A3B
NYT Connections (extended)94%41.6%
CritPt14.3%0.3%
Chess Puzzles47%26%
Mystery Game Puzzles37%22%
DTBench96.8%73.9%
LMCA50.4%29.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27143.93
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1494—
Surface Evolver Bench—44.4%

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 38.9 (#121)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.6 35B-A3B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%20.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%86.7%
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
ProofBench58%—
LMArena Math1507—

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 51.3 (#68)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.6 35B-A3B
GPQA Diamond94.8%84.8%
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—
LMArena Expert1508—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Non-English1484—
LMArena Chinese1548—
LMArena French1505—
LMArena German1498—
LMArena Japanese1512—
LMArena Korean1483—
LMArena Russian1516—
LMArena Spanish1503—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Instruction Following1483—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Longer Query1492—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Text1486—
LMArena Creative Writing1490—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—
LMArena Multi-Turn1489—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.6 35B-A3B costs 2.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.49 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.7 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 37.2 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has 14.

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